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Spurs hit Everton for six

December 23, 2018
Tottenham's Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane celebrate with manager Mauricio Pochettino after their Premier League match against Everton at Goodison Park, Liverpool, Sunday. — Reuters
Tottenham's Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane celebrate with manager Mauricio Pochettino after their Premier League match against Everton at Goodison Park, Liverpool, Sunday. — Reuters

LIVERPOOL — Tottenham Hotspur showed the Premier League title race might not be just a two-horse affair with a hugely impressive 6-2 win at Everton Sunday with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min both scoring twice.

Everton took the lead in the 21st minute when Dominic Calvert-Lewin pulled the ball back to Theo Walcott who turned it past Hugo Lloris.

After Calvert-Lewin had a header harshly ruled out, Spurs drew level from an awful mix-up between Everton keeper Jordan Pickford and defender Kurt Zouma with South Korean Son doing well from a tight angle to curl the ball into the unguarded goal.

Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs grabbed the lead in the 35th minute when Dele Alli drilled home the ball after Son's shot was parried by Pickford.

Three minutes before the break, the visitors made it 3-1 when a Kieran Trippier free kick flew out off the post straight to Kane who gleefully converted.

Christian Eriksen made it 4-1 in the 48th minute when Kane's shot was blocked by Seamus Coleman and the Dane showed great technique as he drove the ball past Pickford from 20 meters out.

Everton responded though, three minutes later, with Gylfi Sigurdsson cutting across the edge of the area and reversing a shot into the bottom corner.

Any hope of an Everton revival was short-lived however as substitute Erik Lamela slipped in the superb Son who confidently drove past Pickford to make it 5-2.

The irrepressible Son then created the sixth, with his perfectly delivered cross from the left met with a textbook finish by the sliding Kane.

Leeds goes top

Kemar Roofe struck in the fifth minute of stoppage time to complete a dramatic comeback and send Leeds back to the top of the Championship with a 3-2 win at Aston Villa Sunday.

Roofe's goal crowned a second-half fightback from two goals down by the visitors, who moved a point ahead of Norwich at the top of the table.

Villa, which remains in 11th, had got off to a flying start when Tammy Abraham scored his ninth goal in his last seven games after five minutes and Conor Hourihane added a brilliant second 12 minutes later.

The hosts should even have added to their lead in the first half, but were stunned in the second as quick-fire goals from Jack Clarke and Pontus Jansson brought Leeds level before Roofe's slick finish at the death sealed a thrilling victory. — Agencies


December 23, 2018
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